I’m baaack. Not awake. Not caffeinated. Not ready. Nothing new! Woo hoo!
We were in Joshua Tree for the long weekend. Got a house. Hiked some. Arted some. Ate some. Drove a bunch. It was warm. And then it was cold. There’s a lot of photos. I’ll deal with them a little at a time.
We stayed in an Airbnb that advertised a funky retro style, which they definitely had…
It was small, but fine for the two of us…
We never did use that fireplace, although we bought firewood. It was a long drive up Friday night, but I had some drawing time before bed.
We knew the next day was the best weather day, so we had planned a hike from North View to the Maze Loop to Window Loop.
It was a tough hike…not because of gain or anything particularly difficult about it. I think we were both tired and it was a little warm and dry and stark as hell and it was maybe a mile too long.
The rocks are fascinating though…
I couldn’t do this in summer at all.
I’ve been to Joshua Tree a few times, although only twice that I can remember as an adult. This is the longest hike I’ve done there at 7.4 miles.
I was hoping to do some shorter hikes, rambles, on Sunday, but that didn’t happen. For one, it was really cold. Second, I don’t think we had the energy for it.
The whole first part of the hike had no Joshua Trees in it, ironically.
Ah, there we are.
It was only about 70 degrees, but there’s no shade and it’s at a higher elevation than we’re used to…which might have been part of the issue. I know my legs felt like logs most of the hike.
It really was a beautiful day though. I was a little disappointed in the trail. The North View part was nice, but we missed out the Maze part because we were only on the outer edges…and the Window section was lame, because you got a better view of the window from the Maze loop than the Window loop. And we had no energy to wander back to do the inner parts of the Maze…it would have added another 3 or 4 miles. Not happening.
We got back to the car, found some food, ate, went back to the house, showered, and tried to chill out a little. Easier for some than others? Hard to say.
That night, we went to see a bunch of art and ate a good dinner. I’ll continue later…gotta go to school and teach kids things. About rocks.
Boychild planted the other two fruit trees…now we have a lime, a lemon, and an avocado.
It’ll be a while before we have fruit, but there they are.
OK, I’ve got food in me and a little caffeine. It’s possible that I might be able to function. Tomorrow, I’ll post about the art we saw…at least some of it, because there was a lot.
Kathy Nida 